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Grocery Stores and God’s Grace
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amyjuliabecker
We went to the grocery store after church yesterday. We were out of milk. And bacon. And bananas. And a whole long list of items. And while we were at it, I remembered the list of things I had been meaning to buy at Target. So we divided and conquered and came home an hour…
So what exactly is Down syndrome?
By
amyjuliabecker
Lisa Belkin wrote about Down syndrome yesterday on her blog for the New York Times: “Should Down Syndrome Be Cured?” I submitted this comment: The language used from the title of this post through many of the comments implies that Down syndrome is a disease, a sickness that is currently incurable. But the reality is…
Race and Religion
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amyjuliabecker
New post on the Park Forum: Desegregating the Sunday School Hour
Ugly Grief
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amyjuliabecker
We traveled as a family to New Orleans over the holidays. For the first time, Penny asked us, “Where’s Grand Penny?” She knows that Grand Penny, her namesake, her grandmother, is from New Orleans. So why didn’t we see her when we were there? We tried to explain. “Grand Penny got really sick, and her…
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